Novembers Gone By
Explore a few quick looks at Novembers through the years at KNOM.
August ’05: Sen. Stevens visits KNOM
August 3, 2005 In advance of a visit from Senator Ted Stevens (who, as president pro tempore of the Senate, is third in line for the US presidency), Secret Service agents sweep the KNOM building for a security check. Senator Stevens then arrives to conduct a press conference for KNOM and Nome’s local newspaper, The Nome Nugget. […]
October 1984: A new class of radio station
October 25, 1984 After nearly two years of lobbying, frequent intervention by Senator Ted Stevens, and five inches of paperwork, the FCC grants KNOM and fifteen other high-power Alaskan stations protection against interference that is beyond what is afforded large Lower 48 stations, by creating a new class of station, 1-N (“N” for north). It […]